World in focus, best photos for June 9, 2018

Take a look at some of the best images from around the world today

Supporters use flashlights on their cell-phones as they listen to presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Muharrem Ince during an election campaign rally in Istanbul. Yasin Akgul / AFP

Palestinian relatives mourn over the death of 29-years-old Yussef al-Fassih during his funeral after he was shot dead by Israeli soldiers the day before, in Khan Yunis. Mahmud Hams / AFP

Players take part in a friendly soccer match between a team representing the Saint Petersburg Metro and a team of supporters of the Russian national soccer team ahead of the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup on the platform of Mezhdunarodnaya (International) metro station in St. Petersburg, Russi. Anton Vaganov / Reuters

Lava covers a road near Pahoa during ongoing eruptions of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii. Terray Sylvester / Reuters

Japan's flanker Michael Leitch fights for the ball in a line out with Italy's lock Dean Budd during the rugby union Test match between Japan and Italy at the Oita Bank Dome in Oita, Japan. Martin Bureau / AFP

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a building in Mumbai, India. Francis Mascarenhas / Reuters

An air tanker makes a drop of retardant on the southeast side of the 416 Fire near Hermosa, Colorado. Jerry McBride / AP Photo

A dog sits on a bench next to a seagull mural along Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Jeremy Ng / EPA

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